uhh... breastfeeding an 8 year old??

[Blue_bumpkin]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

Im not taking it personally, just stating my opinion on it.

A few months ago id have said BFing an 8 yr old was 'weird' - fact is my opinion has changed greatly. Thats my point i guess. I cant say for certain I wouldnt as I said that b4 about 6 months and am still happily going

You're entitled to your opinion x

 

[Blah11]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

I probably am taking it quite personally but breastfeeding is something I'm ferociously passionate about. + Like I said before, when your parenting techniques get nit picked it IS hurtful.

 

[wtt :)]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

I probably am taking it quite personally but breastfeeding is something I'm ferociously passionate about. + Like I said before, when your parenting techniques get nit picked it IS hurtful.

I understand but nobody attacked you personally.

 

[Blah11]

I never said they did. You don't need to have the finger pointed directly at you to be hurt at someones generalised comments.

 

[Eve]

If you have those opinions I think they are better kept to yourself or your friends who agree with you. I think the ladies on here who are breastfeeding into toddlerhood are doing an amazing job!

First of all, this is a discussion and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, whatever it may be, as long as they don't attack other people.
Second, nobody disagreed with breastfeeding into toddler hood, instead this discussion is about breastfeeding an 8 year old directly from the breast.
I never stated that breastfeeding a toddler is wrong or "weird" or whatever you want to call it but i think we all pretty much agree that having an 8 year old drink milk directly from her mom's boobies in today's society is too much.

I didn't mean you, or anyone on BNB... I mean if I were around someone breastfeeding an older child, it would be terribly mean/rude of me to tell her she isn't doing good. I didn't mean you, it was a general comment. I was being neutral. I didn't say anyone was wrong here. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but some people out there do not know how to express theirs in the tasteful way, or to keep their mouths shut, and that to me is wrong. If you think it's weird, disgusting, just not for you to breastfeed an 8 year old, that is fine and dandy, as I said, I don't think it's for me either, but if you were to tell me I was disgusting or something for doing it, that I would find wrong. I'm not saying you did, or will I Just am giving an example.

 

[ShanandBoc]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

Exactly! You would think we were slating BF the way some have chosen to take it personally If you arent feeding an 8 year old and dont plan to (which id bet that none of u will) then why get offended? I dont get it?

 

[Blue_bumpkin]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

Exactly! You would think we were slating BF the way some have chosen to take it personally If you arent feeding an 8 year old and dont plan to (which id bet that none of u will) then why get offended? I dont get it?

Well for all I know I could be this woman in 8 years time Or so could you for that matter, you dont know how you will feel come then

 

[ShanandBoc]

Maybe u will but not me....

Im def pro BF tho.....i just think theres a limit where a child is just too old. Simple

 

[bambino156]

It really doesn't bother me that the woman in the article is bf an eight year old, it wouldn't bother me if she was bf a ten year old, why would it? Its her child and her choice, it doesn't affect my life in anyway, so good for her.

 

[bambino156]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

I probably am taking it quite personally but breastfeeding is something I'm ferociously passionate about. + Like I said before, when your parenting techniques get nit picked it IS hurtful.

Blah, i'm not nit picking, just genuinely curious...I know that a lot of mums are very passionate about bf, and rightly so, but I just wondered if you think you would be as pasionate about it if you were unable to do it?

 

[PeanutBean]

It's easy to say keep your opinions to yourself but don't we all express them? I am vocal in my disgust about parents smoking around their children for example. If someone believes strongly that bf at 8 years is emotionally damaging to the child then they would also want to express that. People are judgemental by nature. We can try and keep things to ourselves but sometimes people just feel too strongly to do so.

 

[Blah11]

I will just agree to disagree regarding the terms that are used in this discussion.
You ladies are taking this way too personal. It is not YOU we are talking about but someone feeding an eight year old...

I probably am taking it quite personally but breastfeeding is something I'm ferociously passionate about. + Like I said before, when your parenting techniques get nit picked it IS hurtful.

Blah, i'm not nit picking, just genuinely curious...I know that a lot of mums are very passionate about bf, and rightly so, but I just wondered if you think you would be as pasionate about it if you were unable to do it?

Probably not AS much but I would still be passionate, yes. I really wanted to BF since I got my BFP.

 

[Serene123]

I think if you breastfeed for a long time you start to understand the mentality of these woman a little more. I personally would like to think I wouldn't be breastfeeding an 8 year old, but before Caitlyn was born I was pretty set on never breastfeeding at all. You all do what you feel is best for your child at the time and I doubt this woman would do it if she thought it would benefit her child to stop.

Don't like it, don't look, comes to mind a little. They're not harming anyone.

 

[BlackBerry25]

I think if you breastfeed for a long time you start to understand the mentality of these woman a little more. I personally would like to think I wouldn't be breastfeeding an 8 year old, but before Caitlyn was born I was pretty set on never breastfeeding at all. You all do what you feel is best for your child at the time and I doubt this woman would do it if she thought it would benefit her child to stop.

Don't like it, don't look, comes to mind a little. They're not harming anyone.

Wow, I actually agree with you! Hahaha.

 

[xbabybumpx]

correct me if im wrong but breastfeeding an 8 year old has no benefits whatsover. i seen it on supernanny. she said it about a 3 year old girl who would kick and scream if she didnt get "mimi". she was a totally different child when weaned off the breast. so obviousley the bf was doing more harm then good

 

[Dragonfly]

correct me if im wrong but breastfeeding an 8 year old has no benefits whatsover. i seen it on supernanny. she said it about a 3 year old girl who would kick and scream if she didnt get "mimi". she was a totally different child when weaned off the breast. so obviousley the bf was doing more harm then good

oh so supernanny must be right then there are benefits to feeding up to 5 and even 7. Long as mum and baby are happy whats the problem? 3 years old is ok. https://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/ebf-benefits.html

 

[xbabybumpx]

correct me if im wrong but breastfeeding an 8 year old has no benefits whatsover. i seen it on supernanny. she said it about a 3 year old girl who would kick and scream if she didnt get "mimi". she was a totally different child when weaned off the breast. so obviousley the bf was doing more harm then good

oh so supernanny must be right then there are benefits to feeding up to 5 and even 7. Long as mum and baby are happy whats the problem? 3 years old is ok. https://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/ebf-benefits.html

why are you being arsey? supernanny is a fully qualified child phycoligist(sp?) so i think she knows a hell of alot more about kids then we do

 

[PeanutBean]

I wouldn't believe a word supernanny said.

 

[Dragonfly]

correct me if im wrong but breastfeeding an 8 year old has no benefits whatsover. i seen it on supernanny. she said it about a 3 year old girl who would kick and scream if she didnt get "mimi". she was a totally different child when weaned off the breast. so obviousley the bf was doing more harm then good

oh so supernanny must be right then there are benefits to feeding up to 5 and even 7. Long as mum and baby are happy whats the problem? 3 years old is ok. https://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/ebf-benefits.html

why are you being arsey? supernanny is a fully qualified child phycoligist(sp?) so i think she knows a hell of alot more about kids then we do

because she clearly hasnt a clue about breastfeeding thats why.

 

[xbabybumpx]

I wouldn't believe a word supernanny said.

i think shes fantastic. she turns kids around from being little tearaways to well behaved kids withought resorting to smacking,which in this day and age has alot to be said about